For those who live under a rock: Google Street View is a service highlighted in Google Maps and Google Earth that offers panoramic views of streets. It launched in 2007 in the United States and has expanded to many cities and rural areas worldwide. Street View in Israel is significant, because it is the first time Google has published street imagery online from any Middle Eastern country.

An image gallery is below.

The Israeli government allowed Google to start the Street View project last August under four conditions: Israel is allowed to start any civil legal actions against Google inside Israel, Google must abide by Israel’s Law on technology, the public must have access to extra blurring of images published online, and Google must use online and offline methods to inform the public about its service.

Globes, Israel’s business arena, gives a full breakdown of the conditions.